Spring 2014 ~ Abandoned Factory viewing list

April 2, 2014

The first episodes of the new anime viewing season are being aired over the next couple of weeks, so it is time for a site update. As I mentioned in my preview, I have just a couple of shows I’m interested in this season, with Ping Pong: the animation foremost amongst them. I also revealed that I am building an anime-blogging robot, named Alpha, to assist me with the reviews here at the Abandoned Factory, which means I will be able to pick up a couple more shows.

The final list for Spring 2014:

Title

Premiering

Blogger

Kindaichi R

April 5

Alpha

No Game No Life

April 9

Alpha

Escha to Logy

April 10

Alpha

Insufficient Direction

April 10

Joojoobees

Ping Pong

April 10

Joojoobees

Mekaku City Actors

April 12

Alpha

I added Mekaku City Actors, and No Game No Life, because I thought they would be good shows for Alpha to watch. Mekaku City Actors is a Shaft production, and No Game No Life is Madhouse, so despite the fact that I don’t think I could stand to sit through the subject matter, they might be interesting shows visually. Insufficient Direction is a late add; I just think the premise (living with Hideako Anno) is a funny one.

Shows listed as being covered by me (Joojoobees) will actually be covered by both of us.

I probably will post sporadically, and Alpha’s reviews will begin later in the season, since she is still under development, but is intended to provide context, not episodic impressions. That being said, I’ll probably post something as soon as I have it, as part of my process of bringing her perception and analytic faculties online.

Happy anime viewing everybody!

** Update April 6: moved Insufficient Direction to April 10, which seems to be the Tokyo premiere; I think the earlier date was a premiere station that has early access to certain shows.

I think I see what you mean, just managed to see the first episode, it’s nice and warm. But yeah, if you’re not familiar with atelier, it’s probably not something that would appeal to most people. In essense it’s just a fantasy slice of life sorta anime, though I guess it depends on how the plot goes. Never played the game, but I hear it can be more slice of life or more RPG depending on which character you choose.

I never played this one (E&L), but the one I did play (Ayesha) had a decent motivating storyline: trying to rescue the sister and also demonstrate that she was worthy to the mentor figure who could be a real jerk at times. It had a lot of stuff about interpersonal relationships, and how you handle things, like pushy people, or people who have no motivation, etc. I would like to see a few episodes to see how the plot develops.